Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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102. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff within his Department who are based and working with the European Union in Brussels; their present roles and responsibilities; and the posts and responsibilities presently vacant; the corresponding figures on 23 June 2016. [16568/23]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Department of the Taoiseach does not have any roles based in the European Union in Brussels. However, staff of the Department regularly avail of the opportunity to work in the European Commission under the National Experts in Professional Training (NEPT) and the Seconded National Experts (SNE) programmes. At present two officers of the Department are working in Brussels, both on the SNE programme. As at 23 June 2016, no staff of the Department were working in Brussels.